UI Reference

This chapter gives an overview of the various components in the UI of AppPerfect Web Test.

In the AppPerfect Web Test project area there are two panes: the left hand navigational frame and the right hand frame that holds the panel for the selection made on the navigational frame. The right frame gives the details of the selection on the left frame. For example, consider that the Editor Tab has been selected on the left frame. The right frame will show the General Settings and Attribute Settings for the element selected on the tree.

There are two tabs shown in the left navigational frame:

Editor Tab

The left hand navigational frame shows the Editor tab with the test tree as soon as the recording is over. When a test has been recorded, selecting an element on the test tree makes the right frame to show the panel for settings for the element selected on the test tree. The test tree has a root node that is name of the test and one or many group nodes that represent the different groups in the test. The group node can have various types of node such as URL, sub-URL, event, and element. When the Test node, that is the parent node for the test tree, is selected the right frame shows the Project Settings and List of Groups in the test. When the Group node is selected on the test tree, the right frame shows the Group Settings and List of URLs in the group. When an URL is selected on the test tree, the right frame shows the General Settings and the Parameter Settings for that particular URL. When an event is selected on the test tree, the right frame shows the General Settings and the Attributes Settings for that particular event. When an element that is related to text such as a text area, text set, password selected on the test tree, the right frame shows the General Settings, the Attributes Settings, and the Value Settings for that particular element.

Results Tab

Once a test is complete the reports generated for that test are shown in this tab.

The Results tab on the navigational frame shows the reports tree. The Reports tab is not seen on the left frame when a new test is created or an existing test is opened. It can be seen only when a test is replayed. The Results tab is also seen when a test result file is opened using the Open Result option in the File menu.

Menu Items

• File Menu
  • New... : Starts the new project wizard
  • Open... : Opens an existing project
  • Close : Closes the current project
  • Save : Saves a project to the location where it was opened from or previously saved
  • Save In TestManager... : Saves a project in TestManager.
  • Rename... : Rename currently open project
  • Result > Open... : Opens a existing result
  • Result > Open from TestManager... : Opens a result from TestManager
  • Result > Close : Closes the existing result being viewed
  • Result > Save : Saves the result of the project in "results" folder
  • Result > In TestManager... : Saves the result of the project in TestManager
  • Result > Export Complete Result... : Export complete result to selected format
  • Send Result To... : Makes a zip file of the results of the current project and attaches it to a new email using the default email client
  • Print : Prints the selected result view
  • Recent Project Files : Displays a list of recently created files
  • Recent Result Files : Displays a list of recently accessed Result files
  • Exit : Closes and exits the AppPerfect Web Test
• Edit Menu
  • Cut : Standard cut operation on selected node
  • Copy : Standard copy operation on selected node
  • Paste : Standard paste operation
  • Delete : Delete the selected node
  • Remove All : Remove all child nodes of the selected node
  • Find : Find the node in the editor tree
  • Add Group : Add new group to the editor tree
  • Add Task : Add new task to the editor tree
• Project Menu
  • Run : Starts replaying a recorded test
  • Run Selected : Starts replaying the selected groups
  • Stop : Stops replaying the test
  • Pause : Pauses the test
  • Auto-update Test : Automatically update the test
  • Auto-update Selected : Automatically update the selected groups
  • Record a test... : Starts recording the test
  • Import Groups Recorded : Import groups recorded from other projects
  • Script Editor : Open Script Editor
  • Properties.... : Opens the project properties wizard that allows to set/change the project properties
  • Preferences... : Opens the common Web Test project wizard to set/change properties
• Tools Menu
  • Export Project As Command Line... : Export your Web Test project as Command line script file
  • Export Project As ANT Script... : Export your Web Test project as ANT script
  • Export view to : Export current view to various formats
  • IDE Integration... : Opens the dialog box requesting selection of IDE to integrate with
  • Options... : Opens the options wizard that is used to set system properties
• Help Menu
  • Table of Contents : Shows the entire help for the system
  • Search : Shows the entire help for the system with the search tab selected
  • Quick Help : Shows context sensitive help
  • Technical Support : Takes you to the AppPerfect Support page on the Internet
  • Forums : Takes you to the AppPerfect forums on the Internet
  • About AppPerfect Web Test : Shows the information such as version, copyright related to AppPerfect Web Test

Toolbar Items

• - Brings up the new test wizard for the creation of a project
• - Opens existing project
• - Saves current project
• - Starts the test. All the test settings will be checked and if there are no errors then the test will start running
• - Pauses the test temporarily and then can be restarted after some time
• - Stops the test. This will stop a test and the required reports will be generated
• - Launches the Browser recorder
• - Opens the project properties wizard
• - Opens the common Web Test project wizard
• - Opens the options wizard that is used to set system properties
• - Shows context sensitive help

Status Bar

• View - Shows the edition of the AppPerfect Product: Evaluation, Standard or Professional.
• Status - Shows the status - Recording in Progress, Replaying in Progress or Reports Ready.
• Time - Shows time elapsed since recording started while recording is in progress. Shows time elapsed since replaying started when replaying is in progress.
• Date - Shows the current date and time.